absolute
Without any limits
Absolute very often implies the extreme end of a scale – the end characterized by fullness or completeness (absolute truth, absolute power).
It may also suggest exclusivity or exclusion of everything else (absolute joy, absolute necessity).
By designating an extreme, absolute is often subject to hyperbole: We had an absolute blast!
The phrase the absolute is used to designate something that is free from restrictions or conditions, or something complete.
Impossible to contradict
- irrefutableImpossible to disprove
- unquestionableCannot be challenged
- definitiveSettling a question finally
- incontrovertibleImpossible to deny
categorical · indubitable · unassailable · conclusive · axiomatic · proof · conviction · guarantee
Without limits or qualifications
- unqualifiedLacking required credentials
- unreservedNot held back
- wholeheartedFully and sincerely committed
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
total · unlimited · unmitigated · outright · unrestricted · unbounded · devotion · love
Completely unmixed, genuine
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- unmixedNot combined together
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
- undilutedNot mixed with anything
pristine · unalloyed · neat · straight · sheer · utter · complete · total
Existing as something
- existenceState of being real
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- realityWhat actually exists
- truthAccordance with reality
universal · metaphysics · Platonic · ideal · transcendent · substance · category · ontology
Oppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
- totalitarianismState controls everything absolutely
authoritarianism · monarchy · sovereignty · dominion · supremacy · omnipotence · ruler · despot
undeniable
Impossible to contradict
- irrefutableImpossible to disprove
- unquestionableCannot be challenged
- definitiveSettling a question finally
incontrovertible · categorical · indubitable · unassailable · conclusive · axiomatic · proof · conviction · guarantee · assurance
unconditional
Without limits or qualifications
- unqualifiedLacking required credentials
- unreservedNot held back
- wholeheartedFully and sincerely committed
complete · total · unlimited · unmitigated · outright · unrestricted · unbounded · devotion · love · loyalty
unadulterated
Completely unmixed, genuine
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- unmixedNot combined together
- uncontaminatedFree from impurities
undiluted · pristine · unalloyed · neat · straight · sheer · utter · complete · total · perfect
being
Existing as something
truth · universal · metaphysics · Platonic · ideal · transcendent · substance · category · ontology · necessary
tyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- despotismAbsolute one-person rule
- autocracyRule by one
totalitarianism · authoritarianism · monarchy · sovereignty · dominion · supremacy · omnipotence · ruler · despot · czar
infinite
Having no bounds
- boundlessWithout any boundaries
- limitlessWithout any boundaries
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
eternal · perpetual · immeasurable · vast · unlimited · cosmic · timeless · everlasting · immensity · unbounded
zero
Numerical absence of quantity
- KelvinScottish masculine name
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- scaleMeasure of relative size
value · magnitude · threshold · baseline · reference · standard · unit · fixed · constant · invariant
- certaintycertain, sure, uncertain, unsure, definite
- Absolutesall, always, complete, completely, entire
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- extreme wordsperfection, infinity, ultimate, supreme, maximum
- philosophical termsSocratic, Kantian, Cartesian, Aristotelian, dialectical
- PlatoPlato, academy, Academy, allegory, the Republic
absolutepartial
Favoring one side
incomplete · limited · qualified · restricted · fractional
absoluteconditional
Dependent on prerequisites
relative · dependent · contingent · relational · comparative
- absolutely notEmphatic total rejection
- absolutely rightEntirely correct, no exceptions
- absolute ruleUnrestricted governmental power
- absolute powerUnrestricted governmental control
- absolute monarchsRulers with unconstrained authority
- absolute certaintyState of having no doubt
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